The Fountain

Would Jesus and Buddha Agree?

Can a person be both a Christian and a Buddhist? Two professors from competing universities will discuss this idea at 7 p.m. today in the auditorium of the new College of Business building. Both are nationally recognized experts on the topic. Dr. Jay McDaniel of Hendrix College and Dr. Jim Deitrick of UCA will present their views on the compatibility, or lack of it, between these two major world religions....

Campus Catholics Mark Holy Week

The Catholic Campus Ministry is celebrating Holy Week with several events this week to commemorate Easter. Holy Week is designed to mark the events in the final week before Jesus was crucified on the cross. All the events will be held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church at 1115 College Ave. in Conway. The church will conduct the Stations of the Cross at 6 pm today. This event allows people to walk...

This is Jesus Week at UCA

Easter is the holiest time of the year for Christians and one student group has planned a week of events to celebrate it. The Friends of Christ Uniting Students (FOCUS) is sponsoring its annual Jesus Week in this week preceding Easter. Yesterday, FOCUS took prayer request. Today, during X-period, they held “prayer in the courtyard” outside the cafeteria. The remaining events for the week...

Please Don’t Feed the Baptists Today

There are hungry Baptists on campus today. We don’t know how many of them are out there but we know they are hungry. They stopped eating at 1 p.m. yesterday and won’t eat again until 7 p.m. today. They are raising money for charity. The members of the Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship are joining millions of students worldwide and World Vision to raise money for famine relief in Africa...

Ash Wednesday Commemoration

Catholic Campus Ministry invites all UCA students, faculty and staff to the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church parish tomorrow to commemorate Ash Wednesday.  You can join the 8:15 a.m. or the 6 p.m. services. The church is located at 1115 College Ave. in Conway. The campus ministry will hold Mass at each service before marking the foreheads of the faithful with blessed ashes.  The mark of Ash Wednesday Ash...